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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2019

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland		1-11718			36-3857664
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)			(IRS Employer Identification Number)
Two North Riverside Plaza		Chicago,	Illinois		60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)					(Zip Code)

(312) 279-1400

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	ELS	New York Stock Exchange

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Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 21, 2019, Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (referred to herein as “we,” “us,” and “our”) issued a news release announcing our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, detailed guidance assumptions on our projections for 2019 and our preliminary projections for 2020.

The news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K. The news release was also posted on our website, www.equitylifestyleproperties.com, on October 21, 2019.

Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure

Our annualized dividend for 2019 is $1.225 per Common Share (adjusted for stock split). At the next quarterly Board of Directors meeting, our management intends to recommend that we increase our annual dividend by $0.145 per Common Share for 2020 for a total dividend of $1.37 per Common Share. Our Board of Directors has the sole discretion to approve an increase of the dividend and therefore there can be no assurance that this increase will be approved.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information included in Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01 of this Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement filed by Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

This report includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used, words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “project,” “intend,” “may be” and “will be” and similar words or phrases, or the negative thereof, unless the context requires otherwise, are intended to identify forward-looking statements and may include, without limitation, information regarding our expectations, goals or intentions regarding the future, and the expected effect of our acquisitions. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:

•	our ability to control costs and real estate market conditions, our ability to retain customers, the actual use of sites by customers and our success in acquiring new customers at our properties (including those that we may acquire);

•	our ability to maintain historical or increase future rental rates and occupancy with respect to properties currently owned or that we may acquire;

•	our ability to retain and attract customers renewing, upgrading and entering right-to-use contracts;

•	our assumptions about rental and home sales markets;

•	our assumptions and guidance concerning 2019 and 2020, including estimated net income, FFO and Normalized FFO;

•	our ability to manage counterparty risk;

•	our ability to renew our insurance policies at existing rates and on consistent terms;

•	in the age-qualified properties, home sales results could be impacted by the ability of potential homebuyers to sell their existing residences as well as by financial, credit and capital markets volatility;

•	results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by local economic conditions, lack of affordable manufactured home financing and competition from alternative housing options including site-built single-family housing;

•	impact of government intervention to stabilize site-built single-family housing and not manufactured housing;

•	effective integration of recent acquisitions and our estimates regarding the future performance of recent acquisitions;

•	the completion of future transactions in their entirety, if any, and timing and effective integration with respect thereto;

•	unanticipated costs or unforeseen liabilities associated with recent acquisitions;

•	ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt on favorable terms or at all;

•	the effect of interest rates;

•	the effect from any breach of our, or any of our vendors', data management systems;

•	the dilutive effects of issuing additional securities;

•	the outcome of pending or future lawsuits or actions brought against us, including those disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

•	other risks indicated from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    

For further information on these and other factors that could impact us and the statements contained herein, refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

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These forward-looking statements are based on management's present expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. We are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or alter our forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

We are a fully integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties and own or have an interest in 413 quality properties in 33 states and British Columbia consisting of 156,081 sites. We are a self-administered, self-managed, real estate investment trust with headquarters in Chicago.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The information contained in the attached exhibit is unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the Registrant's annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

99.1 Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. press release dated October 21, 2019, “ELS Reports Third Quarter Results”

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File included as Exhibit 101 (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
		By: /s/ Paul Seavey
		Paul Seavey
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: October 22, 2019

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•	our ability to control costs and real estate market conditions, our ability to retain customers, the actual use of sites by customers and our success in acquiring new customers at our properties (including those that we may acquire);

•	our ability to maintain historical or increase future rental rates and occupancy with respect to properties currently owned or that we may acquire;

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•	our ability to retain and attract customers renewing, upgrading and entering right-to-use contracts;

•	our assumptions about rental and home sales markets;

•	our assumptions and guidance concerning 2019 and 2020, including estimated net income, FFO and Normalized FFO;

•	our ability to manage counterparty risk;

•	our ability to renew our insurance policies at existing rates and on consistent terms;

•	in the age-qualified properties, home sales results could be impacted by the ability of potential home buyers to sell their existing residences as well as by financial, credit and capital markets volatility;

•	results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by local economic conditions, lack of affordable manufactured home financing and competition from alternative housing options including site-built single-family housing;

•	impact of government intervention to stabilize site-built single-family housing and not manufactured housing;

•	effective integration of recent acquisitions and our estimates regarding the future performance of recent acquisitions;

•	the completion of future transactions in their entirety, if any, and timing and effective integration with respect thereto;

•	unanticipated costs or unforeseen liabilities associated with recent acquisitions;

•	ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt on favorable terms or at all;

•	the effect of interest rates;

•	the effect from any breach of our, or any of our vendors', data management systems;

•	the dilutive effects of issuing additional securities;

•	the outcome of pending or future lawsuits or actions brought against us, including those disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

•	other risks indicated from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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1.	Any opinions, estimates or forecasts regarding our performance made by these analysts or agencies do not represent our opinions, forecasts or predictions. We do not by reference to these firms imply our endorsement of or concurrence with such information, conclusions or recommendations.

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1.	See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Definitions and Other Terms at the end of the supplemental information for definitions of Adjusted EBITDAre, FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD and a reconciliation of Consolidated net income to Adjusted EBITDAre.

2.	See page 7 for a reconciliation of Net income available for Common Stockholders to Non-GAAP financial measures FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders and FAD available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders.

3.	Net income per Common Share - Fully Diluted is calculated before Income allocated to non-controlling interest - Common OP Units.

4.	Excludes deferred financing costs of approximately $24.6 million as of September 30, 2019.

5.	See page 18 for market capitalization as of September 30, 2019.

6.	Calculated using trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDAre.

7.	Calculated by dividing trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDAre by the interest expense incurred during the same period.

8.	See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Definitions and Other Terms at the end of the supplemental information for a definition of fixed charges. This ratio is calculated by dividing trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDAre by the sum of fixed charges and preferred stock dividends during the same period.

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1.	See page 9 for details of the Core Income from Property Operations, excluding deferrals and property management. See page 10 for details of the Non-Core Income from Property Operations, excluding deferrals and property management.

2.	See page 7 for a reconciliation of Net income available for Common Stockholders to FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders and FAD available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders.

3.	Represents insurance recovery revenue from reimbursement for capital expenditures related to Hurricane Irma.

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1.	Represents insurance recovery revenue from reimbursement for capital expenditures related to Hurricane Irma.

2.	Net income per fully diluted Common Share is calculated before Income allocated to non-controlling interest - Common OP Units.

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1.	Excludes property management and the GAAP deferral of right-to-use contract upfront payments and related commissions, net.

2.	See the manufactured home site figures and occupancy averages included below within this table.

3.	See resort and marina base rental income detail included below within this table.

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Includes Hurricane Irma insurance recovery revenues of $0.2 million and $0.8 million, which we have identified as business interruption related to Non-Core properties for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and Hurricane Irma insurance recovery revenues of $1.3 million and $6.5 million, of which we have identified $1.2 million and $3.7 million as business interruption related to Non-Core properties, for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

5.	Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes includes bad debt expense for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

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1.	Excludes property management and the GAAP deferral of right-to-use contract upfront payments and related commissions, net.

2.	Calculations prepared using actual results without rounding.

3.	See Core manufactured home site figures and occupancy averages included below within this table.

4.	See Core resort base rental income detail included below within this table.

5.	Includes Hurricane Irma insurance recovery revenues of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

6.	Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes includes bad debt expense for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. Property operating, maintenance and real estate taxes includes debris removal and cleanup costs related to Hurricane Irma of $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

7.	Occupied sites are presented as of the end of the period. Occupied sites have increased by 262 from 66,311 at December 31, 2018.

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1.	Excludes property management and the GAAP deferral of right-to-use contract upfront payments and related commissions, net.

2.	Utility and other income includes Hurricane Irma insurance recovery revenues of $0.2 million and $0.8 million, which we have identified as business interruption for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

3.	Property operating expenses include bad debt expense for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019.

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For both quarters ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, approximately $7.8 million and $7.6 million, respectively, of the rental operations revenue is included in the Community base rental income in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 9. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, approximately $23.4 million and $23.3 million, respectively, of the rental operations revenue is included in the Community base rental income in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 9.The remainder of the rental operations revenue is included in Rental home income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 in the Core Income from Property Operations on page 9.

2.	Depreciation on rental homes in our Core portfolio is included in Depreciation and amortization in the Consolidated Income Statements on page 4.

3.	Occupied rentals as of the end of the period in our Core portfolio. Included in the quarters ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were 294 and 265 homes rented through our ECHO joint venture, respectively. For the quarters ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the rental home investment associated with our ECHO joint venture totaled approximately $10.7 million and $9.4 million, respectively.

4.	Includes both occupied and unoccupied rental homes in our Core portfolio. New home cost basis does not include the costs associated with our ECHO joint venture. At September 30, 2019 and 2018, our investment in the ECHO joint venture was approximately $16.7 million and $16.1 million, respectively.

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1.	Sites primarily utilized by approximately 117,600 members. Includes approximately 5,900 sites rented on an annual basis.

2.	Joint ventures have approximately 2,700 annual Sites, 400 seasonal Sites and 500 transient Sites.

3.	Total new home sales volume includes home sales from our ECHO joint venture. New home sales gross revenues does not include the revenues associated with our ECHO joint venture.

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Each line item represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes and reflects management’s estimate of the most likely outcome. Actual Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, Normalized FFO per Common Share and OP Unit, FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, FFO per Common Share and OP Unit, Net income available for Common Stockholders and Net income per Common Share could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

2.	See page 14 for 2019 Core Guidance Assumptions. Amount represents 2018 Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, from the 2019 Core properties of $133.4 million multiplied by an estimated growth rate of 4.6% and $530.9 million multiplied by an estimated growth rate of 4.9% for the quarter and year ending December 31, 2019, respectively.

3.	See page 14 for the 2019 Assumptions regarding the Non-Core Properties.

4.	Includes insurance recovery revenue from reimbursement for capital expenditures related to Hurricane Irma.

5.	Net income per Common Share - Fully Diluted is calculated before Income allocated to non-controlling interest - Common OP Units.

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1.	Each line item represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes and reflects management’s best estimate of the most likely outcome. Actual income from property operations could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

2.	Management’s estimate of the growth of property operations in the 2019 Core Properties compared to actual 2018 performance. Represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes. Calculations prepared using actual results without rounding. Actual growth for Core properties could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

3.	See resort base rental income detail included below within this table.

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Each line item represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes and reflects management’s estimate of the most likely outcome. Actual Normalized FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, Normalized FFO per Common Share and OP Unit, FFO available for Common Stock and OP Unit holders, FFO per Common Share and OP Unit, Net income available for Common Stockholders and Net income per Common Share could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

2.	See page 16 for Preliminary 2020 Core Guidance Assumptions. Amount represents estimated 2019 Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and property management, from the 2020 Core properties of $575.0 million multiplied by an estimated growth rate of 5.3% for the year ending December 31, 2020.

3.	See page 16 for Preliminary 2020 Non-Core Guidance Assumptions.

4.	Net income per fully diluted Common Share is calculated before Income allocated to Common OP Units.

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1.	Each line item represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes and reflects management’s best estimate of the most likely outcome. Actual income from property operations could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

2.	Management’s estimate of the growth of property operations in the 2020 Core Properties compared to estimated 2019 performance. Represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes. Calculations prepared using actual results without rounding. Actual growth could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

3.	See resort base rental income table included below within this table.

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1.	Guidance estimate. Each line item represents the mid-point of a range of possible outcomes and reflects management’s best estimate of the most likely outcome. Actual figures could vary materially from amounts presented above if any of our assumptions is incorrect.

2.	Members have entered into right-to-use contracts (membership subscriptions) with us that entitle them to use certain properties on a continuous basis for up to 21 days.

3.	Members who rent a specific site for an entire year in connection with their right-to-use contracts (membership subscriptions).

4.	Existing members who have upgraded agreements are eligible for enhanced benefits, including but not limited to longer stays, the ability to make earlier reservations, potential discounts on rental units, and potential access to additional properties. Upgrades require a non-refundable upfront payment.

5.	Revenues associated with contract upgrades, included in Right-to-use contracts current period, gross (membership upgrade sales) on our Consolidated Income Statements on page 4.

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1.	Reflects outstanding balance on the Line of Credit as of September 30, 2019. The Line of Credit matures in October 2021 and had an effective interest rate of 1.76% during the third quarter of 2019.

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